#CEC485#CEC485

#CEC485 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.083 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC485
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 35.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -5.82, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 33.44, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0148 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.083 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4279, 54.2964, 30.0623)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC485 #858FCE

analogous

#CEA085 #CEC485 #B4CE85

triadic

#CEC485 #85CEC4 #C485CE

tetradic

#CEC485 #85CEA0 #858FCE #CE85B4

square

#CEC485 #85CEA0 #858FCE #CE85B4

split-complementary

#CEC485 #85B4CE #A085CE

monochromatic

#9B8E3E #BCAF59 #CEC485 #E0D9B1 #F1EEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC485

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC485	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.083 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5a9',
    500: '#cec485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec485;
$custom-light: #ded5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81379,
    "c": 0.08279,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC485

secondary

#5761A1

accent

#42B630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC485

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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